# Germany expands Kurzarbeit in the first COVID shock

Date: 2020

In March 2020 the grand coalition eased and expanded short-time work benefits. Take-up was large. It is a completed labour-retention instrument, not a lockdown statute.

## People

- Angela Merkel: https://factrail.ai/people/angela-merkel

## Drivers

- Labour-Market Tightness: https://factrail.ai/drivers/labour-market-tightness

## Sources

- https://dserver.bundestag.de/btd/19/178/1917893.pdf
- https://www.bundesrat.de/DE/plenum/bundesrat-kompakt/20/986/986-pk.html

## Methodology

https://factrail.ai/methodology

Canonical: https://factrail.ai/facts/de-kurzarbeit-covid-2020